Our Research

Our group conducts research on the interface between quantum physics and gravity at the ÖAW institute IQOQI Vienna and the University of Vienna. Our vision is to test the quantum nature of gravity – by taking gravity and quantum experiments to where they have never been before.

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Open Positions

Interested applicants can contact Markus Aspelmeyer or one of the experiment leads.

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Latest News

12.08.2013
 

The coupling of a levitated massive particle and an optical cavity field promises access to a unique parameter regime both for macroscopic quantum...

07.08.2013
 

One of the many counterintuitive and bizarre insights of quantum mechanics is that even in a vacuum - what many of us think of as an empty void - all...

21.07.2013
 

An international collaboration of scientists in Austria and the US demonstrate a novel “crystalline coating” technique for producing low‐loss mirrors....

05.02.2013
 

Markus Aspelmeyer, Professor of Quantum Information on the Nanoscale at the University of Vienna, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical...

09.01.2013
 

Simon Gröblacher's PhD Thesis "Quantum opto-mechanics with micromirrors" has been published in the Springer Thesis Series.

27.09.2012
 

Was passiert mit den manchmal geheimnisvollen Phänomenen der Quantenphysik, wenn man immer größere und schwerere Objekte betrachtet? Darüber stritten...